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Aids to navigation

Scope note

Man-made objects such as buoys, lighthouses, lightships, Loran and other electronic systems, which aid mariners in determing position of safe course.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262796

Broader Terms used

<object genres by function>

Equivalent Terms used

aid to navigation

Created

13yrs ago

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